Workshop update

i actually picked one of these up to mount on the head to make tool changing a little more steam lined as well. limited gantry height is going to limit me to this type of set up so i don't get tooling sticking out to much.

this will give you nice Part option when it is finished
are you under suggestion to get the Spindle to a indexed CAxis as well
with a 2Way Setup as Lathe mill combination
a good modern stepper Driver can reach 2000U/min at 800steps/rev
consider this to be a Hybrid

right now the lathe is just a lathe the milling attachment has been removed for a long time. i picked up a Bridgeport mill about 10 years back so this little milling head has been sitting around for years gathering dust.

the plan is to take this little mini mill head and attach it to the gantry table i'm working on so i can have the ability to make some bigger stuff that does not fit on the Bridgeport mill i have.

plasma is something i would like to have a head for to for this machine as well. it started as a plasma build but the longer i work on it the more i change things

the plan is to have different heads to attach to this gantry table so i can pick and choose a process to use with the same table.

machinedude wrote: i bought a lathe of this size a long time ago.

My first LinuxCNC machine was very similar, possibly the next size up, and stretched to make it even more flexible?
photos.app.goo.gl/rPjjeDM39otnvJYg9

It even featured in my surprisingly popular YouTube video:

Was not much in the shop lately so i went to have a look and this is the current state:




Will have to do something about it this weekend, as i do not like to see it like that.

I am jealous of how clean it is. My workshop seems to attract dust.
And when the water table comes up, this happens:

photos.app.goo.gl/jdYVdVaz3WC4nbTY9

(though that is an old photo, every machine in there has moved or been sold since. The chinese lathe was sold and the Harrison mill is now in that position, the Rivett lathe is in the living room and the Holbrook Minor lathe is where the mill is in the photo. )

I don't have a photo, it's a cramped mess, half full of motorcycles and bicycles.
Anyone want to offer a home to my dad's 1958 Rudge bicycle? It has a nice Cyclo-Benelux 4-speed derraileur.